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Show 1 J AMUSEMENTS ; SV'r.rjArcHEATKR"T1, Grain or Dust. Threo nlghLs Knd a Wed-nwd.ny Wed-nwd.ny matinee. ORPIIISUM TTTRATER Advanced yandevlllo. PrrormanceH cvry afternoon af-ternoon and evening. C O p N I A L, TH KATER Wlllard Muck, Marjorio Rambeau and asEo-clutc asEo-clutc playcrn in "Tho Strength of the Weak." . Curtain at 8:15 p. m. ilallriee Wednesday. E!tfPRICSS TrilSA'J.'ER Siillivnn-Con-"Fldlnc vaudeville. Matinee dally at j".0. Two evening performances. 7!ol and 3:15. WHEN the curtain fell on the third act. of "The Grain of Dust" at tho Salt Lako theater last nijflit James K. ITaekett was Teeallcl three times. That w.'ts an ordinary tribute to a. jjood act or. When tho curtain cur-tain foil on tho last act and thu audience should have followed its usual custom of stampeding for the exits it remained to applaud, and. Hnckott was Uain recalled thrco timcB amid an increasing' in-creasing' atorm of acclaim. That was an. extraordinary tributo to a great actor. As often an New York will let him Mr. Hackett gets away to shed his splendor among thoso of us in. tlie "provinces" who hungor and fchirj-t after good acting. Cn this Instance there is a most fortunate- combination of a ytrong actor and a strong play. And ,iust as a great artlsl; is nioro interesting in-teresting than a great play, so Mr. Hackett is more admirable than even this wonderful "Grain of Dust." A facinating little typewriter Is the grain or dunt that blown Into tbe yes of a ilch young lawyer, who represents one of tho srculnat financiers of New York, lnaac "Burroughs. Frederick Norman, Nor-man, tho young lawyer. Ib engaged to Josephine- "Burroughs, the financier's daughter, but. throws her over for the typewriter. The result Is a pitiless war-fere war-fere waged on tho young man by Burroughs Bur-roughs and his interests. Juet us the lawyor is apparently crushed , beyond hope of recovering lilo power and riches he Ib retained by the groat roc or tno Burroughs interests. But now hlu wife, believing herself to bo the causa ot all his woes, quitii him aud hides herself In an obscure officii in Harlem, where she carau her living once more as a typewriter. Tho playwright has calculated calcu-lated her character with great care. She la, an Burroughs hna said, a grain of dust that ban blown into Xorman's even and sot up a great inflammation. In nowisa does Fho a.ppear worthy of buch a. conquering gonlus. But ho loves tier-When tier-When Hhe desertB hint she wrlton an ln-eipld ln-eipld note saying that "It will bo better Tor uh both." She quits him in Lhc hour of his failure and dlstreaa and returns to him when ho is again rich and powerful. power-ful. A. grain of dual,, indeed. But u ne were a luiroino tins play would lose half its similrtcanc. She la the out wealo lieFS of ft strong man. Ills best friends can Fcoreely forgive him lor that. But though she sacriilces--"nothlng for 111 in he is willing to saorMoe all Tor hor and to forgive hor in the bargain. Th laul act reveals Norman tho victor vic-tor and Burroughs tho defeated. No persuasion can move Norman to save Burroughs from utter ruin. Josephine Burroughs and hor father call on Xor-nian Xor-nian as a. list resort and humiliate thom-.slvos thom-.slvos before him, but ho Is unmovod. Then his wife, who has returned un-Icnown un-Icnown to him. asks mercy for tho boaten old man. After a moment's hesitation, Norman softens and all his resolution melts llko wax In the flro of bis love. Last scene of all. the forgivenesn or tlie wire and the wlfo weakly whining that she has learned to lovo htm. It Is one of those gripping American plavs that are growing so numerous. Through Its iron veins pulses the electric elec-tric power or American life, but it Is n contained and controlled power. To enact en-act such plays renulrcn tho highst iitij-tvonlc iitij-tvonlc ability. A romantic drama is child :i plav to such an intenso and sable drama as '"The Grain of Dust." There can bo no swashbuckling, no bombast, no strutting, strut-ting, no tearing a passion to tatters. There must be a repressed power in all til' i. 4h..t r.-nnlrl Vivnalc the hoart, or at least a blood vessel, of a Shakespearian barnstormer. The play iu Qlled wHh vital characters that require Just such high histrionic--kill and it is a compliment to Vlackctl to sav that ho has surrounded tumselt with a. company of artists. To analyze tho art of the men and women who present pre-sent each role so vividly and Impressrve-ly Impressrve-ly would be superfluous, but tho writer cannot refrain from giving at the least the poor meed of mention to Krazer Coulter Coul-ter as isnac Burroughs, Fred A. Sullivan as William Tctlow, the unfailing friend of Frederick Norman; Frank Burbeck as tho suave and courtly senior member of thf legal Hrm that represents tho Burroughs Bur-roughs interests. Olive Oliver as Mrs. Clavton Fltzhugb. who la Norman's sister," sis-ter," nnd Beatrice Bcckley as iJoi'olhy Ilallowell. who is "the grain of Oust." I The follnwJnc tlimlrr notices r rarl(nl ilvortlnnrainl" In cnl'r to cmnplr wlUi trlft IntorprcUtlou of thi now fedrrnl neT-pspr neT-pspr Thr r not paid for. Edmond Hayes, the oomedian of original orig-inal ideas nnd pocullar inothods who Is creating hilarity nt the Orphcuni this wook in his satire upon the much abused working man under thx caption of "The Piano ovors,, is tho originator of that wnll remembered and most popular character char-acter "The Wise Guy." ire also will be remembered aa tho big favorite at the ofd TA-ceum on Second South nearly twcti-tv twcti-tv vears ago when he used to play heavy pieces and be tho matinee Idol of the town. His present vehicle Is along distinctly dis-tinctly different lines anil is In Its way. a novelty In the direction of securing j laughter loud and long. Pho bill thiough-oul thiough-oul tills week is one that will appeal to; sill sorts nnd conditions of amusement Seekcrn. The complete production or Mie Viennese Vien-nese "operetta. "The J?osc of Paiiauift. from Daly's theater. New York, will be broURl't to lh Salt Lake theater Monday vei In- where It como: for an cnssist-ne, cnssist-ne, with Chapine, tl.J "ttle Frtnrh nrimit doinm who scored a disti net ti -umnh in the principal role during tho run if the opera on Broadway h.M season. sea-son. . At ,- writer ot congs and musical show ii AcrpT there a few better known and jnol-o noni Mr young men today than loH.nh E Ilow-ard, who will appear here In Frldoi' n lght. In "Tho Goddess of r.ib-n? r.ib-n? the S" Lake theater. N'o le Successful as a corned Inn and singer than a oomiioiier Is Mr. IToward-ho is a born entertainer. It Is doubtful If in any production at hV" Colonial this season, oe splendid an Exhibition of gowns has been seen among the" women of tho Mack-Ram bean coin-nany coin-nany aslB this week In evidence nl li fflihllnMr Mack's production nt thai house if "The Strength of the Weak " ti." pin - in th; mosl 'liU,f,1I-,tr1' uionnted production at tin 3mi- l. Hu-Col" Hu-Col" ! b and MUs nambuau ha alre tdy I achieved a very flno success In her characterization. char-acterization. As tonight's performaucea mark the cloHe of the big bill presonted this week at the impress theater, It will also afford af-ford tho last opportunity of seeing one of Salt Lake's dainty comediennes in her original act "BltH of Musical Comedy," assisted by lr. Von Hampton. She Is dainty in mauner and her lino of work gives" .every opportunity to see her at her best. Other excellent acts round out tho programme, Aflor an interval of more than a decade, during which it bus not visited the western atatos, and niter the lapse of noarlv a quarter of a century since its last "visit to the Paciflo coast, the United States Titarlno band, thanks to Urn intercession of a. number of senators and representatives in congress obtained the permission of President Taft for a tour embracing all that part of the country, coun-try, and on this awing will also como to Salt Lake. Tho concerts to bo given hero by this Justly famous band at tho tabernacle on tho afternoon and evening of Thursday, October 10, will mark an epoch In tho musical annals of tho city, for so seldom is leave granted to the bund to absent itself from Washington that ita appearance In any city but tho national capital is lookud upon uu a special spe-cial compliment to the people of the locality lo-cality thus favored. Tlie United States Marino band Is as much an Integral part of the government as arc the army and tho navy. The leader, WIlHum H. Santcl-mann, Santcl-mann, Is of a stature which would havo mude him a fit subject to be Impressed Into the famous Gronadler Guards of old Frederick William of Prussia. But. bettor bet-tor than that, Mr. Santelmann is an accomplished ac-complished musician, versed on every instrument in-strument of his band, and bcBldes, a master on the violin and other instruments instru-ments used In an orchestra. As a bandmaster band-master he has few equals. The Mohesy theater features for Tucs-dav Tucs-dav "Tho Renegiuie," which reveals tho unfaithfulness of a renegade husband, wIioeo attompted trtflinc with the sheriff's sher-iff's sweetheart summarily trips him and hastens his Waterloo. ''The Letters or a Lifetime" tells of an Immensely rich old bachelor nearing life's end. and his money could not save hlrn. Letters oi his youth, brought out from their old hiding place, civo little convolution, and after frionds have entirely deserted him because of his miserly ways, a neglected brother In humble circumstances proves his best friend In the end, "A Summer Idyl" Is a splendid comedy drama of love In tho country. |